Harness-loop



- (No Model.)

J. "KEARWILLE, Jr

HARNESS LOOP.

' Patnted Nov. 27, 1883.

I No. 289,269.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KEARWILLE, JR, OF OENTREVILLE, IOWA.

HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,269, dated November 27, 1883,

Application filed August 7, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KEARWILLE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Centreville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness, of which the followin g is a sp eeification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to harness forhorses and more particularly to guides for thetraces; and its object is to provide a guide or loop secured to and made adjustable upon the padskirt, so as to support the trace between the collar and the single-tree; and to that endthe novelty consists in the construction of said guide and its combination with the trace and pad-skirt, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is aperspective elevation of a horse with my improved harness in position. Fig. 2is a perspective view of a portion of the belly-band and pad-skirt with the trace-guide. Fig. 3 is a view of the guide detached from the harness; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the belly-band, pad-skirt, and guide.

A is the pad-skirt, and B the belly-band, which passes through a keeper, 0, and thence around underneath the body of the horse, and is fastened in the usual manner.

(No model.)

D is the metallic trace-guide, and it consists of a plate, E, having straps e e, which encompass the band B so as to slide freely upon it. e is a stud secured to the plate 1E, so as to engage the holes 6 on the band B, and thereby secure the trace-guide at any position upon said band.

F is a loop orstrap through which the trace G passes, and is of a size to allow the trace a free motion longitudinally, but at the same time prevent all unnecessary play or up-anddown motion. By moving the guide up or down and securing it in position by the stud e in the holes c, it may be readily adjusted to suit the requirements of horses or mules of different size.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

As an improved article of manufacture, the metallic trace loop or guide consisting of the base-plate E, having strap-loops e e and stud 6, intermediate said loops on the inside, and the trace-guide F on the outside, and ataright angle to the loops 6 c, constructed substanstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN KEARVVILLE, JR.

"Witnesses:

It. R. VERMILION, D. O. CAMPBELL. 

